AnnuAl RepoRt 2010 - the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

Message from Chair
and Executive Director
celebrating
our milestones
On April 12, 2010 Dr Goodall gave a presentation
to more than 100 parliamentarians in our nation’s
capital. Her message was simple – time is running out
for our closest animal relatives, and time is running
out for our planet. She urged our country’s leadership
to invest their energy and resources in working
with organizations like JGI Canada on innovative
programs that focus on sustainability, and that work to
protect habitat and wild species while also improving
people’s lives.
We’re very proud to announce that this year the
Canadian government did just that. In January 2010,
we received the first instalment of funding from the
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
for a very significant three-year project in Uganda that
will build sustainable livelihoods among desperately
poor communities while also protecting habitat
for chimpanzees. This partnership with CIDA has
vastly improved our ability to have a direct impact
on conservation challenges in Africa. But none of it
would be possible without the ongoing support of our
Canadian donors who provide the critical matching
dollars needed to receive CIDA funding, and who
raise their voices in support of our efforts.
Young Canadians are also continuing to make their
own contribution. The Roots & Shoots program now
has more than 400 groups of young people across the
country that are working on issues related to people,
animals and the environment in their communities.
In 2010, they rallied around the new Planet Releaf
campaign that offers a suite of resources and
information to engage young people in learning about
global forests and how they can take action to protect
them. And perhaps most rewarding, in December 2009
we saw the launch of a pilot project that will work to
introduce the Roots & Shoots program to aboriginal
communities across Canada, with the support of the
federal government.
As you will read in the next few pages, a lot has been
accomplished over the past year. We are very excited
about JGI Canada’s growing ability to contribute to
protecting the legacy created by Dr. Goodall over the
past 50 years. And we are very grateful to all of you
for making this work possible.
Thank you for your support!
Left: Barbara cartwright
right: jane lawton
jgi canada
Barbara Cartwright
Chair, Board of Directors
Jane Lawton
Executive Director
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